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India Convicts Four of Murder in Delhi Gang-Rape Case

23-Year-Old Victim Was Attacked on a Bus in December

Four men have been found guilty of the rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student in December in New Delhi. The WSJ's Paul Beckett tells Deborah Kan why there is still a long way to go for women to be safer in India.

NEW DELHI—An Indian court convicted four men Tuesday on charges they raped and murdered a 23-year-old student in December, a crime that horrified the nation—and the world—and cast doubt on whether social change was keeping pace with economic progress in the world's largest democracy.

The men, Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Akshay Kumar Singh, all in their 20s, face a maximum punishment of death when they are sentenced. A...